The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 created this modern federal agency
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
The Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 developed standards for this type of drug packaging.
What is child-resistant packaging?
This REMS program was introduced in 2006 to combat birth defects from the use of isotetinoin (Accutane).
What is the iPLEDGE program?
This schedule II drug is heavily abused by Dr. Gregory House in the tv show House M.D.
What is Vicodin/Norco? (hydrocodone/APAP)
This is the brand name for diphenhydramine.
What is Benadryl?
The Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962 required drugs to be ____ and ______
What is safe and effective
In 1990, this type of drug was placed under regulatory provisions of the Controlled Substances Act.
What are anabolic steroids?
This extension of the Patriot Act was designed to combat illegal use of drugs such as methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and others.
What is The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005?
This DEA form is used to order schedule I and II substances.
What is DEA 222?
This is the generic name for Abilify.
What is aripiprazole?
The Pure Food and Drug Act did not include this category of products
What are cosmetics?
This class of medical devices includes thermometers, catheters, and hearing aids.
What is Class II?
The Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 banned compounds commonly found in synthetic marijuana, also known by this name.
What is Spice? (or K2)
The Controlled Substances Act was introduced during this presidential administration.
What is the Nixon administration?
This is a common OTC brand name for simethicone.
What is Gas-X?
The Drug Listing Act of 1972 assigned this unique feature to every new drug
What is a National Drug Code (NDC)?
The sale or trading of drug samples was prohibited by this act in 1987.
What is The Prescription Drug Marketing Act?
This 2010 act overhauled the United States health care system significantly.
Benzodiazepines typically fall under this schedule.
What is Schedule IV?
This is the generic name for atenolol
What is Tenormin?
This 1951 amendment prohibited the dispensing of legend drugs without a prescription
What is The Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
This act required pharmacists to offer counseling to all Medicaid recipients.
What is The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990? (OBRA 90)
The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 increased criminal penalties involving controlled substances in these three schedules.
What are Schedules III, IV, and V?
This 1914 act restricted imports, sale, and distribution of opium
What is The Harrison Narcotics Act?
This is the brand name for nitrofurantoin.
What is Macrobid? (or Macrodantin)